Understanding Redeployment After I-829 Filing: The Overlooked Risk for EB-5 Investors in 2025
The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program allows foreign investors to obtain U.S. permanent residency by investing in businesses that create jobs for American workers. Investors must place their funds into a U.S.-based commercial enterprise that qualifies under the program’s standards. This pathway offers not only immigration benefits but also the potential for financial return. While most […]
Why Direct EB5 Investments Face Higher Denial Rates: What Investors Need to Know
The EB‑5 Immigrant Investor Program offers two distinct paths to U.S. permanent residency: direct EB‑5 investments and regional center investments. While both ultimately lead to a green card if executed properly, recent USCIS data reveals a widening gap in approval success—particularly when it comes to the removal of conditions via Form I‑829. At Houston EB5, […]
Regional Centers Explained:
The Benefits of Vertical Integration in EB-5 Investments In essence, the role of an EB-5 regional center is serving as an asset management firm. This is the closest description to their conventional business practices, because regional centers primarily deploy equity to projects, handle the management of funds, report on those funds, and hold all fiduciary […]
5 False Claims About the EB-5 Program – Demystified
Why Does EB-5 Have Such a Bad Reputation? On new construction projects in the United States – as well as new non-real estate investments – it has become common practice to generate partial funding from the EB-5 program. Since 2008, a total of $36.9 billion has been invested in the U.S. economy via EB-5. For […]
Is EB-5 Still Open? Potential EB-5 Investors Want to Know
Under the investment based EB5 Visa, dependent family members of the principal applicant are eligible for conditional green cards. For this purpose, dependent family members include spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 years. Eventually, these family members can get a permanent resident status by filing an I-829 petition for the removal of […]
What Happens If An EB5 Applicant Dies During The Process?
Under the investment based EB5 Visa, dependent family members of the principal applicant are eligible for conditional green cards. For this purpose, dependent family members include spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 years. Eventually, these family members can get a permanent resident status by filing an I-829 petition for the removal of […]
EB 5 Program to Provide Attractive Investments in High Unemployment and Rural Areas
As the final rule introduces stricter regulations governing the determination and designation of Targeted Employment Areas, a surge in EB5 visa program applications are expected. Prospective aspirants are now looking to beat the November 21st, 2019 deadline following which the minimum qualifying investment requirements for this program will almost double. The standard minimum investment requirement […]
The New EB-5 Rule is Now Official
And goes into effect on November 21, 2019 The new EB-5 regulations were published on July 24, and will be effective starting November 21, 2019. Some major changes to the EB-5 program in the final rule include: Raising minimum investment amounts: The minimum investment amount for non-TEA will increase from $1 million to $1.8 million, and […]